By adam | Published:
July 18, 2009
Here they are, the basic methods of improvised object-oriented thought.
Method 1
- Select a source.
- Improvise through it.
- Record the results.
Method 2
- Collect some fragments.
- Improvise through them.
- Record the results.
Method 3
- Connect to a structure.
- Improvise through it.
- Record the results.
…and what to do with the results, the “thought-objects” that you’ve discovered and created? First, make sure they are recorded in an open structure that lends itself well to perpetual re-use (I like to use spreadsheets or lists). Then, you can channel them into other forms, such as poems, zen koans, flash interactives, etc, or re-mix them with other thought-objects you’ve collected. Happy thought-ing.
By admin | Published:
July 14, 2009
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By adam | Published:
August 7, 2008
10 Statements (remixed from Mapping the Mind)
- ‘The answer ‘as facsimile (for the) ‘first story (works by) ‘pursuing the model (of the) ‘circuit.
- ‘Another ‘multifaceted ‘predisposition ‘arises (with the) ‘urge’ to wash ‘the mechanism.
- ‘However, ‘the range ‘of memories ‘in parallel streams (might) ‘work (as though) ‘rising (into) ‘an automatic ‘trigger.
- ‘Thinking about words ‘as representations (of) ‘accompanied ‘flight (might illustrate) ‘and produce a ‘specific ‘feedback/’reward ‘stream.
- ‘To discover (that) ‘we live (as) ‘situation, (an) ‘abundance of ‘causal (and casual) ‘relation (leaving maps for) ‘forms (to follow).
- ‘To discover (that) ‘things change (according to) ‘an awareness of ‘structure and function, (made strange and) ‘illuminated (by) ‘phenomenon, ‘a reminder ‘of regions.
- ‘Their skilled ‘patchwork ‘intuitively ‘indicated (via flow of) ‘no ‘condition.
- (Another) ’round of ‘processing ‘the flight (might reveal) ‘reminders, ‘gorgeous, ‘excitable, ‘marching right in ‘through ‘fascination’s ‘over-active ‘circuit.
- ‘Once ‘suggested, ‘the distant possibility (becomes more) ‘active ‘in attention ‘according to ‘the firing rate ‘of memories (etc) ‘woven round (each moment of) ‘the drawing (forth.
- ‘We recall ‘this reading (it has changed) ‘the sound (of every channel) ‘they have gone (down).
A note on method:
Statements are creating by rapidly flipping through the source text, pulling fragments together with a general “intent to state” something meaningful about the terrain. The apostrophes and parentheses meant to convey a rough sense of how I’m remixing the statements. An apostrophe denotes the start of a string found in the original text. A phrase in parentheses denotes a phrase I inserted (on the fly) to “drive” the emerging statement towards being more … statement-y.
By adam | Published:
July 31, 2008
10 Statements (remixed from Conceptual Spaces)
- ‘Domains (have a) ‘fuzzy (relationship) (in constant) ‘calibration (and collaboration) (with the) ‘metric (located in the) ‘projectible ‘concept.
- (Meanwhile), ‘the movement (of) ‘the other domains ‘conceives ‘its role (and assigns it a value).
- ‘The mapping ‘of examples (to themselves) (gives pleasure).
- ‘The grid (gives) ‘focus (to some) ‘small ‘feats (of) (radical) ‘radial ‘summations ‘obtained (via) ‘measurements (between).
- ‘Each class ‘handles (its objects) ‘with ‘scales (and) ‘comparisons ‘underpinning ‘more precise (yet fluid) ‘multidimensional scaling.
- ‘It will ‘prototype ‘within the ‘concept (then) ‘generate ‘relations (to bridge dimensions).
- ‘Let us ‘summarize (some of their) ‘names ‘as weights (, assign them values according to some game).
- ‘But when, ‘by and large, (the) ‘possible worlds (emerge), the ‘notion of salience (must yield some) ‘measurable ‘talking (and taking into) ‘perspective.
- ‘The link ‘forms ‘a special property.
- ‘A relation ‘is expanded ‘as a ‘skin.
Key, or, how it happened:
‘ = string found in original text
( ) = inserted phrase
(note: statements are thought-objects and should be used as such)